Andreva de Beringer, a young novice in Toulouse, leaves the abbey to care for her grandmother in Lavelanet. But when she arrives, she finds the village gripped by the terror of the Inquisition. While Andreva strives to hold on to her family, her faith, and the man she loves, all around her, she witnesses Good Men (the Cathars at Montsegur) fighting for life itself.

Alonso and Luisa love each other. However there are a few obstacles to their happiness: the husband she was forced to marry; her uncle, the Regent of Spain; and Alonso's heritage as a Jew. Mix in the meddlesome Natale, whose loyalty is always to the highest bidder, and you have a story of a courageous couple determined to be happy together, despite the cards being stacked against them.

A new history book for France that examines the commercially and strategically important region of the Lauragais, sometimes known as the 'Land of Cockaigne' in reference to a time of Pastel and the flourishing cotton industry that once existed there.